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      88(3) SR 82 - Enrolled version - Bill Text
      
               SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 82
            
                          WHEREAS, Joel C. Harris Middle School in the San Antonio 
         
            Independent School District is celebrating its 100th anniversary 
         
            in 2023; and
         
                          WHEREAS, Named for American journalist, fiction writer, 
         
            and folklorist Joel Chandler Harris, the campus was first 
         
            established as Joel Chandler Harris Junior School; it began 
         
            operating in September 1923, though classes were initially held 
         
            at a nearby elementary campus until construction was completed 
         
            two months later on the new six-classroom building; and
         
                          WHEREAS, The school experienced a period of significant 
         
            growth during the 1940s and 1950s, and following a major 
         
            renovation project in the early 2000s, its campus more than 
         
            doubled in size; the renovations added numerous classrooms, two 
         
            gyms, and a football and soccer field, as well as a larger library 
         
            and cafeteria; moreover, the former gym was converted to a fine 
         
            arts building; the newly renovated campus was dedicated in 
         
            October 2004, and further upgrades, including the addition of a 
         
            STEM lab, were completed in 2016; and
         
                          WHEREAS, Today, Joel C. Harris Middle School is an 
         
            International Baccalaureate school that provides students in 
         
            grades six through eight with a challenging educational program and 
         
            a broad range of extracurricular activities; the campus benefits 
         
            from the outstanding efforts of its faculty and staff and the able 
         
            leadership of its current principal, John Hilliard; and
         
                          WHEREAS, For the past century, Joel C. Harris Middle 
         
            School has provided its students with a strong educational 
         
            foundation on which to build, and it has made a positive and 
         
            lasting difference in the lives of generations of San Antonio 
         
            residents; now, therefore, be it
         
                          RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th 
         
            Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby commemorate the 100th 
         
            anniversary of Joel C. Harris Middle School and extend to all 
         
            those associated with the campus sincere best wishes for the 
         
            future; and, be it further
         
                          RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be 
         
            prepared for the school as an expression of high regard from the 
         
            Texas Senate.
         
            Men  ndez
         
            ________________________________  
         
                    President of the Senate
         
                    I hereby certify that the 
         
            above Resolution was adopted by 
         
            the Senate on November 7, 2023.
         
            ________________________________  
         
                    Secretary of the Senate
         
            ________________________________  
         
                      Member, Texas Senate


	SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 82
	WHEREAS, Joel C. Harris Middle School in the San Antonio
	Independent School District is celebrating its 100th anniversary
	in 2023; and
	WHEREAS, Named for American journalist, fiction writer,
	and folklorist Joel Chandler Harris, the campus was first
	established as Joel Chandler Harris Junior School; it began
	operating in September 1923, though classes were initially held
	at a nearby elementary campus until construction was completed
	two months later on the new six-classroom building; and
	WHEREAS, The school experienced a period of significant
	growth during the 1940s and 1950s, and following a major
	renovation project in the early 2000s, its campus more than
	doubled in size; the renovations added numerous classrooms, two
	gyms, and a football and soccer field, as well as a larger library
	and cafeteria; moreover, the former gym was converted to a fine
	arts building; the newly renovated campus was dedicated in
	October 2004, and further upgrades, including the addition of a
	STEM lab, were completed in 2016; and
	WHEREAS, Today, Joel C. Harris Middle School is an
	International Baccalaureate school that provides students in
	grades six through eight with a challenging educational program and
	a broad range of extracurricular activities; the campus benefits
	from the outstanding efforts of its faculty and staff and the able
	leadership of its current principal, John Hilliard; and
	WHEREAS, For the past century, Joel C. Harris Middle
	School has provided its students with a strong educational
	foundation on which to build, and it has made a positive and
	lasting difference in the lives of generations of San Antonio
	residents; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th
	Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby commemorate the 100th
	anniversary of Joel C. Harris Middle School and extend to all
	those associated with the campus sincere best wishes for the
	future; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be
	prepared for the school as an expression of high regard from the
	Texas Senate.

	Men ndez



		________________________________
		President of the Senate

		I hereby certify that the
		above Resolution was adopted by
		the Senate on November 7, 2023.



		________________________________
		Secretary of the Senate



		________________________________
		Member, Texas Senate